Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Elementary Grades

Need space STEM activities? Are you looking for Moon-themed activities to celebrate the Apollo anniversary?

Launch your students into STEM with these space-themed STEM challenges that incorporate the engineering design process. This GROWING mega bundle is jam-packed for space STEM challenges for the entire year! Plus: each activity includes real-world space current events and STEM career connections!

This bundle is perfect for elementary classrooms (grades K - 5) looking for Mars or Moon themed challenges!

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1. Mission to Mars STEM Curriculum: A complete STEM curriculum that follows a Mars storyline. Students become a team of astronauts challenged to complete 10 missions centered around a Journey to Mars. Each mission, students will read a message from Astronaut Alex, who will introduce the activity, provide background context, and connect to a STEM career. Students will then engage in hands-on activities centered around the engineering design process.
2. Mission to Moon STEM Curriculum: A lunar-themed version of the STEM curriculum.
3. Astronaut Boot STEM Challenge: Student teams build astronaut boots using the Engineering Design Process to protect astronauts traveling to the Moon or Mars.
4. Space Lander STEM Design Challenge: Student teams build a lander using the Engineering Design Process to keep two "astronauts" inside a cup as it is dropped from various heights. Includes printed and digital versions plus an instructional video.
5. Plants in Space STEM Design Challenge: Students will learn about what plants need to survive and then build a mini greenhouse. Students are then tasked to use the engineering design process to design and build a device to support their greenhouse.  Includes printed and digital versions plus an instructional video.
6. Zipline STEM Design Challenge: Using the engineering design process, student teams are tasked with designing a vehicle to carry a hurt astronaut down a zip line!
7. Crater Catapults and Moon Science STEM Activities: Starting with a study of space rocks, the lunar surface, and craters, students then build a catapult to launch “research equipment” into craters.
8. Balloon Rocket Design Challenge: Students design balloon rockets to pop a balloon taped to the wall.
9. Straw Rocket Design Challenge: This STEM challenge pack includes a paper straw rocket activity, straw rocket engineering design challenge using a Pitsco launcher, student handouts, and extension problems on variable testing and test result comparison.
10. Ultraviolet Solar Light Shelter STEM Challenge: Using UV sensitive beads, students explore how different materials absorb UV light and use the engineering design process to build a UV safe shelter.
11. Mars Soil Testing STEM Mission: Challenge your students with the mission of determining which given soil sample is from Mars.
12. Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion: Demonstrate Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion with four engaging activities delivering a learning experience that is sure to grab the attention of all types of learners.
13. Save the Earth STEM Activity: Students use critical thinking and creativity to come up with ideas to stop an impending asteroid collision.
14. Lunar Crater Challenge: Students use the engineering design process and explore the forces of motion to place a ball in a cup at the center of a 6 foot diameter circle without entering the circle.
15. Harvest Moon Science: Learn about the phases of the moon using a handout designed to illustrate the moon phases using Oreos. Then discover the natural phenomenon of the "Harvest Moon" that occurs near the autumn equinox.
16. Moon Rover STEM Challenge: NASA needs your help! Your mission is to use the engineering design process to design and build a rover to transport rock samples on the Moon.
17. Building Bricks STEM Moon Base Engineering Design: Your students are planetary geologists on a mission to study the Moon. But how do they survive in that harsh environment? They must use the engineering design process to solve a problem from one of the 30 included challenge cards. Students are first tasked with constructing a lunar landscape (either using building bricks or paper) before using building bricks to build their design solutions.
18. Moon Tower Challenge: Build a tower to hold up a welcome sign that includes an LED light that must be turned on with a switch on the ground (powered by a solar panel or coin cell battery).
19. Astronaut Wearable Device Challenge: Design a wearable device for astronauts exercising on the International Space Station.

Math, science, and engineering topics covered in this space-themed STEM mega bundle pack:

• Forces & motion
• Space Sciences
• Rocketry
• Newton's Third Law
• Engineering Design Process
• Angles
• Variables & Testing
• Moon phases
• Planets
• Solar Energy
• Kepler Laws
• Geometry

Activities include:

• Detailed educator guide with links to resources
• Handouts on STEM career and real-world connections
• Student recording packet for each step of the engineering design process
• Science extension activities

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